OK, I have a situation coming up in a game and I want to make sure I handle it appropriately.
The ATONEMENT spell says...
If the atoning creature committed the evil act unwittingly or under some form of compulsion, atonement operates normally at no cost to you. However, in the case of a creature atoning for deliberate misdeeds, you must intercede with your deity (requiring you to expend 2,500 gp in rare incense and offerings).
I am reading this that any character would have to pay the extra 2,500 gp if the act was a willing act (not compelled).
Then it also says...
Restore Cleric or Druid Spell Powers: A cleric or druid who has lost the ability to cast spells by incurring the anger of her deity may regain that ability by seeking atonement from another cleric of the same deity or another druid. If the transgression was intentional, the casting cleric must expend 2,500 gp in rare incense and offerings for her god's intercession.
This is the only other place it mentions the extra cost.
So my question is, if a character deliberately commits an evil act but he is not a cleric, what is the cost of the atonement spell?
In addition, the spell says...
Atonement may be cast for one of several purposes, depending on the version selected.
And then proceeds to list various effects, most specifically to restore spellcasting and class abilities.
So, a follow up question, if a cleric or paladin (or other similar character) loses his spells or abilities due to an alignment change would they be required to get two spells cast on them?